Orson Charles

TE · CIN/KC/CLE · 2012–2018

Born January 27, 1991 · College Georgia · Drafted 2012, round 4, pick 116 (CIN) · 6-3, 257 lb

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2012	CIN	8	10	8	101	80.0	+0.449	+0.087−0.099 to +0.273	3.8	5.5	+4.5	+0.16
2013	CIN	5	2	1	8	50.0	+0.111	+0.125−0.066 to +0.315	1.2	-1.0	+0.2	−0.00
2017	KC	3	2	2	53	100.0	+1.419	+0.082−0.108 to +0.273	1.9	22.0	+2.8	+0.07
2017 playoffs	KC	1	1	0	0	0.0	−1.815		3.1	9.0	−1.8	−0.03
2018	CLE	8	5	3	23	60.0	+0.070	+0.140−0.049 to +0.329	1.9	3.4	+0.4	+0.01
Career	CLE	24	19	14	185	73.7	+0.416		2.4	6.0	+7.9	+0.24

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles
2013	CIN	5	6
2017	KC	3	1
2018	CLE	8	5
Career	CLE	24	12

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2017	KC	5	55	16.8	–	–
2017 playoffs	KC	1	4	7.1	–	–
2018	CLE	13	166	19.1	–	–

Game logs

2018 game log (8 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	vs PIT	T 21–21 OT	0	0	0	0.0	2
3	2018-09-20	vs NYJ	W 21–17	1	0	0	−0.9	0
4	2018-09-30	@ LV	L 42–45 OT	1	0	0	−0.6	1
6	2018-10-14	vs LAC	L 14–38	1	1	8	+0.4	0
7	2018-10-21	@ TB	L 23–26 OT	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2018-11-11	vs ATL	W 28–16	1	1	6	+0.6	0
12	2018-11-25	@ CIN	W 35–20	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2018-12-09	vs CAR	W 26–20	1	1	9	+0.8	0

2017 game log (4 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
15	2017-12-16	vs LAC	W 30–13	1	1	18	+0.9	0
16	2017-12-24	vs MIA	W 29–13	1	1	35	+2.0	0
17	2017-12-31	@ DEN	W 27–24	0	0	0	0.0	1
P18	2018-01-06	vs TEN	L 21–22	1	0	0	−1.8	0

2013 game log (5 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2013-09-29	@ CLE	L 6–17	0	0	0	0.0	1
5	2013-10-06	vs NE	W 13–6	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2013-10-27	vs NYJ	W 49–9	0	0	0	0.0	2
16	2013-12-22	vs MIN	W 42–14	0	0	0	0.0	2
17	2013-12-29	vs BAL	W 34–17	2	1	8	+0.2	0

2012 game log (8 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
3	2012-09-23	@ WAS	W 38–31	1	1	25	+1.3
4	2012-09-30	@ JAX	W 27–10	1	1	10	+0.8
6	2012-10-14	@ CLE	L 24–34	2	1	12	−0.8
9	2012-11-04	vs DEN	L 23–31	1	1	4	−0.2
10	2012-11-11	vs NYG	W 31–13	1	1	19	+1.9
12	2012-11-25	vs LV	W 34–10	2	2	14	+0.6
14	2012-12-09	vs DAL	L 19–20	1	1	17	+1.5
17	2012-12-30	vs BAL	W 23–17	1	0	0	−0.5